Patents Issued in March 21, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190084231
    Abstract: An additive-manufacturing build-material container comprises a reservoir to hold build material, a build-material outlet structure to allow build material to exit the reservoir through an outlet opening in a top portion of the reservoir, a longitudinal collection unit (313a) to collect build material from the bottom and guide the build material to the outlet opening at the top, and bottom-venting structure to admit vent gas into a bottom portion of the reservoir. The bottom-venting structure may include a vent tube to admit venting gas into the bottom portion of the reservoir. A concentric collection tube structure may be employed including the longitudinal collection tube nested within a vent tube (333A, 354A). The concentric collection tube structure may be mounted along the central axis of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Ismael Chanclon Fernandez, Xavier Alonso Becerro, Ernesto Alejandro Jones Poppescou
  • Publication number: 20190084232
    Abstract: Application unit (4) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam, which application unit (4) is adapted to apply build material (3) onto a build plane (5) and/or a previously applied layer (6) of build material (3), wherein the application unit (4) is adapted to selectively apply build material (3) onto at least one application region (7) of the build plane (5) or of the previously applied layer (6), wherein at least one application element (8, 21) is provided that is adapted to transfer build material (3) previously applied onto an application surface (9) of the application element (8, 21) to the application region (7), wherein an adhesion unit (10, 20, 22) is provided that is adapted to adjust an adhesion ability for build material (3) of the application surface (9) of the application element (8, 21) and/or an adhesion ability of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Boris EICHENBERG, Peter PONTILLER-SCHYMURA, Frank SCHÖDEL
  • Publication number: 20190084233
    Abstract: Apparatus (13) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (14) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (15) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (16), wherein the apparatus (13) comprises a measuring unit (1) configured to measure a path velocity of the energy beam (16) generated by a beam generating unit, wherein the measuring unit (1) comprises at least two measuring means (9, 10) located in measuring positions (3, 4) at a defined distance (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Florian PILZWEGER, Fabian ZEULNER
  • Publication number: 20190084234
    Abstract: A reflector includes a first reflector section and a second reflector section. The first reflector section extends along a portion of a first ellipse. The second reflector section extends along a portion of a second ellipse, the second ellipse intersecting the first ellipse. The first reflector section and the second reflector section are joined at an intersecting point of the first ellipse and the second ellipse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alejandro Manuel de Pena, Ferran Esquius Berengueras, Esteve Comas, Arthur H. Barnes
  • Publication number: 20190084235
    Abstract: A mixer unit is described, comprising a support, a mixing container which includes a mixing device, and first and second load cells mounted on opposed sides of the mixing container between the mixing container and the support. The mixing container is to receive and mix unfused build materials for a 3D printing system from at least two different sources. The mixing container is mounted to the support in a manner constraining to vertical movement and such that all vertical forces from the mixing container pass through the load cells to the support. In this manner, a vertical force of the mixing container acting on the support is measured to weigh the contents of the mixing container. A method of mixing unfused build materials for a 3D printing system in a predefined weight ratio using the mixer unit is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Francesc Roure Pastor, Ismael Chanclon, Rafel Texido, Xavier Alonso
  • Publication number: 20190084236
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a guard positionable in a 3D printing system to limit a passing of oversized particles of material to downstream of the guard. As an example, a guard comprises a portion aligned with an axis, the axis being parallel to a direction of travel of particles. The guard also comprises a guard member to direct particles away from the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Andreu Oliver, Josep Ferreiro, Marc Nicolau
  • Publication number: 20190084237
    Abstract: To provide a building apparatus that can collect ink and mist thereof that may remain in a building area. The building apparatus includes an exhaust duct that has an exhaust port arranged above a nozzle face of an ejection head that ejects an UV curable ink, the exhaust duct for sucking out an air from a building area in which a three-dimensional object is built, and a collecting apparatus that cleans the air sucked out through the exhaust duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyohei Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20190084238
    Abstract: Apparatus (17, 24) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, with a filter unit (4) adapted to filter residues from at least one stream of process gas (18), characterized by at least one positioning device (1, 25, 28) adapted to at least partly automatically transfer the filter unit (4) or at least a part of the filter unit between a disconnected state in which the filter unit (4) is disconnected from the stream of process gas (18) to a connected state in which the filter unit (4) is connected to the stream of process gas (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Fabian ZEULNER, Ralf HETZEL, Jens STAMMBERGER, Alexander HOFMANN, Pascal KRAUSE, Dagmar WOHLFARTH
  • Publication number: 20190084239
    Abstract: A method of providing nozzle calibration parameters for a 3D printer comprises: printing an arc pattern, printing an X-Y align pattern, and printing a head calibration pattern, measuring actual positions of drops, calculating deviations of said measured actual positions from expected positions, and calculating calibration parameters to correct for the deviations. Indicator drops may be used to allow built-in image recognition to find the calibration drops, and a cam system is provided to guide nozzle wipers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew James CARLSON, Nathaniel Michael, Alexander LIBINSON, Scott Wayne BEAVER
  • Publication number: 20190084240
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer with improved adjustment mechanisms for calibrating the orientation of the build platform and an extrusion assembly to optimize the accuracy of models deposited on the build platform. The printer includes a frame carrying an extrusion assembly proximate the top, and a carriage within. A build platform is mounted on the top of the carriage. Carriage adjustment mechanisms are provided at at least two corners of the carriage for calibrating the orientation of the build platform with respect to the X-Y plane. An extrusion assembly adjustment mechanism is provided at at least one end of the extrusion mechanism for calibrating the orientation of the extrusion mechanism with respect to the Y-axis. A height adjustment mechanism is provided for translating the carriage within the frame along the Z-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Robert E. Ward, JR., Richard M. Davidian
  • Publication number: 20190084241
    Abstract: A multiscale multiphoton photolithography system for fabricating a 3D object may comprise a support structure configured to support a light-sensitive composition from which the 3D object is to be fabricated; a microscope objective configured to focus light on the light-sensitive composition via an optical path; a first optical assembly configured to provide light of a first wavelength to the microscope objective, the first wavelength selected to induce a single photon process in the light-sensitive composition; a second optical assembly configured to provide light of a second wavelength to the microscope objective, the second wavelength selected to induce a multiphoton process in the light-sensitive composition; and a controller operably coupled to the first and second optical assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Heming Wei
  • Publication number: 20190084242
    Abstract: A feedstock line (100) comprises elongate filaments (104), a resin (124), and a full-length optical waveguide (102), comprising a full-length optical core (110). The full-length optical waveguide (102) is configured such that when electromagnetic radiation (118) enters the full-length optical core (110) via at least one of a first full-length-optical-core end face (112), a second full-length-optical-core end face (114), or a full-length peripheral surface (116) that extends between the first full-length-optical-core end face (112) and the second full-length-optical-core end face (114), at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation (118) exits the full-length optical core (110) via the full-length peripheral surface (116) to irradiate, in an interior volume (182) of the feedstock line (100), the resin (124) that, due at least in part to the elongate filaments (104), is not directly accessible to the electromagnetic radiation (118), incident on the exterior surface (180) of the feedstock line (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stewart Wilenski, Michael Patrick Kozar, Samuel F. Harrison, Nick Shadbeh Evans, Faraón Torres
  • Publication number: 20190084243
    Abstract: A system (700) for additively manufacturing an object (136) comprises feedstock-line supply (702), delivery guide (704), and curing mechanism (706). The feedstock-line supply (702) dispenses a feedstock line (100) that comprises elongate fibers (104), a resin (124) that covers the elongate fibers (104), and at least one optical modifier (123) that is interspersed among the elongate filaments (104). The delivery guide (704) is movable relative to a surface (708), receives the feedstock line (100), and deposits it along a print path (705). The curing mechanism (706) is directs electromagnetic radiation (118) at the exterior surface (180) of the feedstock line (100) after it is deposited along the print path (705).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stewart Wilenski, Michael Patrick Kozar, Samuel F. Harrison, Nick Shadbeh Evans, Faraón Torres
  • Publication number: 20190084244
    Abstract: A method comprising depositing, in layers, a shrinking platform formed from a composite including metal particles embedded in a first matrix, depositing shrinking supports of the composite upon the shrinking platform, forming a separation clearance dividing at least one shrinking support into fragments, depositing, from the composite, a part upon the shrinking platform and shrinking supports, depositing a separation material intervening between the part and the shrinking supports, the separation material including a ceramic powder and a second matrix, and forming, from the shrinking platform, shrinking supports, separation material, and part, a portable platform assembly in a green state, wherein the shrinking support is configured to prevent the portable platform assembly from distorting from gravitational force during sintering of the metal particles of the assembly in a brown state, and wherein the ceramic powder of the separation material is configured to separate the shrinking support from the part follo
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory Thomas Mark
  • Publication number: 20190084245
    Abstract: An infrared welding system for joining two parts made of thermoplastic material comprises a pair of infrared heaters for heating the two parts while spaced from each other; and energizing the infrared heaters to emit infrared heat and directing the emitted infrared heat onto selected portions of the opposed surfaces of the parts to melt at least portions of the opposed surfaces, while directing an inert gas onto the selected portions to prevent ignition of the melted thermoplastic material. The two parts are clamped together by moving at least one of the parts toward the other part to press the melted surfaces of the parts into contact with each other. The parts are cooled while they remain clamped together to solidify the molten thermoplastic material and thus weld the two parts together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Paul H. Cathcart
  • Publication number: 20190084246
    Abstract: An arrangement including a plate to be glued to a target surface, and a positioning device for positioning the plate which is to be glued onto the target surface. The positioning device has an attachment for temporarily or permanently attaching the positioning device to the target surface and an internal surface. The internal surface forms a guide for the plate that defines a pre-mounting position and a final mounting position of the plate. The plate can be moved relative to the internal surface and as a result can be transferred from the pre-mounting position to the final mounting position. The internal surface is configured to enter at least partially into immediate, positively-locking contact with the plate in order to guide the object. A method for gluing an object onto a target surface is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SFS intec Holding AG
    Inventor: Gabriel Procopiescu
  • Publication number: 20190084247
    Abstract: A method for inserting an insert into a hole in a composite material made from a plurality of carbon fiber layers suspended in a resin material includes lowering a temperature of the insert to a reduced temperature at which a coefficient of thermal expansion of a material of the insert causes the insert to contract to a first perimeter, inserting the insert at the reduced temperature into the hole, and permitting the temperature of the insert to increase from the reduced temperature to an operational temperature. At the operational temperature, the insert expands to a second perimeter so that the insert is retained within the composite material due to an interference between the insert and the composite material. The interference transfers a structural load from the insert to the composite material and results in damage to the composite material if the insert is dislodged at the operational temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Samuel Colin HANNA, Robert Samuel WILSON, William Christopher CAMPBELL
  • Publication number: 20190084248
    Abstract: Provided is a thermal caulking method of melting, at one time, a plurality of bosses 33 of a second member 30 protruding toward an inner circumferential surface of a conical hollow portion 11 of a first member 10 while being fitted to a plurality of holes 132 provided in the inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion 11 of the first member 10 having the substantially conical hollow portion 11 so that the plurality of bosses are joined to the first member 10, in which the plurality of bosses 33 are melted at one time by using a heat chip 51 having a continuous shape in the circumferential direction of the hollow portion 11 along the inner circumferential surface and are joined to the first member 10 while the adjacent melted bosses 33 are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsurugai, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shigeto Akahori
  • Publication number: 20190084249
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a pressure tank includes disposing a preform, in which a fiber layer is formed on an outer surface of a liner that forms an internal space of a pressure tank, within a mold, and rotating the preform in a circumferential direction within the mold with a central axis of the preform as a rotation center while resin is injected toward the preform disposed within the mold from a gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken HATTA
  • Publication number: 20190084250
    Abstract: One fusion machine can butt or socket fuse polyolefin pipes and fittings in straight alignment or at inwardly or outwardly mitered universal angles from 0° to 45° for butt fusion and from 0° to 10° for socket fusion. The machine is manually driven, hydraulically monitored and operated in all configurations from one side of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul John Donaldson, Christopher C. Greggs
  • Publication number: 20190084251
    Abstract: A feedstock line (100) comprises elongate filaments (104), a resin (124), and optical direction modifiers (123). The resin (124) covers the elongate filaments (104). The optical direction modifiers (123) are covered by the resin (124) and are interspersed among the elongate filaments (104). Each of the optical direction modifiers (123) has an outer surface (184). Each of the optical direction modifiers (123) is configured such that when electromagnetic radiation (118) strikes the outer surface (184) from a first direction, at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation (118) departs the outer surface (184) in a second direction that is at an angle to the first direction to irradiate, in the interior volume of the feedstock line (100), the resin (124) that, due at least in part to the elongate filaments (104), is not directly accessible to the electromagnetic radiation (118), incident on the exterior surface of the feedstock line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stewart Wilenski, Michael Patrick Kozar, Samuel F. Harrison, Nick Shadbeh Evans, Faraón Torres
  • Publication number: 20190084252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a preimpregnated fibrous material containing a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, wherein the preimpregnated fibrous material is produced as a single unidirectional tape or of a plurality of parallel unidirectional tapes and wherein the process includes a step of impregnating, in particular fully and homogeneously, the fibrous material that is in the form of a roving or of several parallel rovings with the at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix that is in powder form, the impregnating step being carried out by a dry route in a tank and the control of the amount of the at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix in said fibrous material being achieved by control of the residence time of said fibrous material in the powder, with the exclusion of any electrostatic process with intentional charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Gilles Hochstetter, Arthur Pierre Babeau, Thibaut Savart, Francois Tanguy, Denis Huze, Mathieu Capelot, Patrice Gaillard
  • Publication number: 20190084253
    Abstract: An extruded thermoplastic product having a surface abrasive to insects. The extruded product is formed from a dry powder composition being comprised of a thermoplastic polymer, a plurality of pelletized diatomaceous earth, and a plurality of expandable microballoons. The composition is mixed and heated in an extrusion machine before being forced into a die of selected profile. Cooling the material immediately after being removed from the die allows the diatomaceous earth to remain at the surface of the material. The material with the surface abrasive to insects is used is used as a component in a product, such as conventional weatherization products, for placement in a building opening that insects use as ingress to the building. Products contemplated for use with the extrusion include door sweeps, door and window seals, and thresholds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Oak Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Leonard Solecki, Anthony J. Gordon, Elmira Dindari
  • Publication number: 20190084254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fiber composite component (17) and to a method for producing a fiber composite component (17), for an aircraft, in particular for an aircraft cabin interior, a tabletop (21) or the like, the fiber composite component (17) being formed from a matrix composite material (19) and a support structure, wherein the matrix composite material (19) is formed from cut fibers, a curable resin, and a flame retardant, the support structure being formed from a dimensionally stable fiber composite (18) and/or a metal profile, the matrix composite material (19) together with the support structure being introduced into a component mold and cured to form the fiber composite component (17), the support structure being at least partially bonded with the matrix composite material (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Roland Weiss, Martin Henrich, Rudolf Weck, Marco Ebert, Fabian Koester, Thorsten Scheibel, Bastian Behrens, Raphael Setz
  • Publication number: 20190084255
    Abstract: A method of producing a lens unit includes forming a layer by switching between a transmissive material that allows transmission of light and a light-shielding material that shields light, and stacking formed layers to form a lens from the transmissive material and forma barrel that holds the lens from the light-shielding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari HANANO, Susumu TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190084256
    Abstract: Methods and machine for manufacturing vertically oriented core of multiwalls and multiwalls comprising such core. Multiwalls or cores of multiwalls with transversely oriented flutes in their core are sliced perpendicularly relative to the axis of rotation of the flutes. The slices are bent relative to the origin multiwall or core, packed together, welded or fused or mechanically pressed to each other and their top and bottom surfaces leveled to provide a vertically oriented shortened flutes that form the core. The top and bottom surfaces of the core are then laminated. Machine configurations are also provided for continuous manufacturing of vertically oriented cores of multiwalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Oren SITTON
  • Publication number: 20190084257
    Abstract: Method for controlling the feed of semifinished products in a tyre building process, said method comprising: feeding a semifinished product (10) into a building station (30) adapted to build, through said semifinished product (10), a structural component of a tyre; performing, in an acquisition zone (AZ), a verification to verify the presence of at least one defect of said semifinished product (10); generating a notification signal (NS) as a function of said verification; activating, as a function of said notification signal (NS), a discard device (60), configured for discarding at least one portion of said semifinished product (10) comprising said at least one defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cesare Emanuele AMURRI, Nicola IL GRANDE, Davide Lupo CONTI
  • Publication number: 20190084258
    Abstract: Cord ply joiner for a tire includes a first pressurizer having first pressing member and first pressure receiving member in upper and lower sides, and a second pressurizer having second pressing member and second pressure receiving member in the upper and lower sides. A first code ply positioning mechanism positions a first code ply by bringing a tail end of the first code ply into contact with a side surface of the second pressure receiving member, a first code ply fixing mechanism lowers the cord end pressing member so the first cord ply is fixed, and a second code ply positioning mechanism positions the tip of the second code ply by bringing the tip into contact with a side surface of the cord end pressing member. The first pressurizer and the second pressurizer are brought close to each other, whereby a shearing force is applied to an overlapped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kei ONISHI, Hiroshi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190084259
    Abstract: A bead core coating method for coating an annular bead core with a belt-shaped rubber sheet, including the steps of: winding the rubber sheet around an outer circumferential surface of a rotary drum; sticking a central portion of the rubber sheet to an outer surface of the bead core; and winding both ends in the width direction of the rubber sheet stuck on the outer surface of the bead core while sequentially sticking both ends in the width direction along the outer surface of the bead core from the central portion in the width direction toward each end in the width direction, wherein in the step of sticking, air is blown to a gap generated between the central portion in the width direction of the rubber sheet and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum at a place where the rubber sheet is peeled from the rotary drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hashimoto, Ryoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190084260
    Abstract: A bead core coating method for coating an annular bead core with a belt-shaped rubber sheet including the steps of: winding the rubber sheet extruded on an outer circumferential surface of a rotary drum; sticking a part of the rubber sheet to an outer surface of the bead core which is in rotation; and winding a remaining part of the rubber sheet stuck on the outer surface of the bead core while sequentially sticking the remaining part along the outer surface of the bead core, wherein air is blown to a sheet portion including the end that is not stuck to the outer surface of the bead core in the currently-winding rubber sheet in a first direction toward the end along a sheet surface or a second direction inclined toward an outer surface side of the bead core as compared with the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hashimoto, Ryoshi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20190084261
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a conical shaped acoustic structure. A sheet of acoustical material is cut to form individual pieces using a cutter system. Each individual piece in the individual pieces has a flat pattern for the conical shaped acoustic structure. An individual piece is positioned around a mandrel with a conical shape using an actuator system. Two edges of the individual piece are positioned for joining. The two edges of the individual piece positioned around the mandrel are joined to form the conical shaped acoustic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Herrera, John Scott Bauman, Peter James Oberst
  • Publication number: 20190084262
    Abstract: A punch retainer cover comprises a pliable casing configured as a jacket for a punch retainer having a defined physical envelope. The pliable casing has a substantially planar top side and a skirt extending downward from a perimeter of the top side of the pliable casing. The top side and skirt define an open interior volume shaped to match the defined physical envelope of the punch retainer and sized for stretchably jacketing the punch retainer. Further, the punch retainer cover includes an aperture or slot in the top side that, when the punch retainer cover is mounted on the punch retainer, aligns with a punch receptacle of the punch retainer. The aperture or slot is sized for stretchably surrounding a punch mounted in the punch receptacle and projecting upwardly through the aperture or slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Johnson, Brian S. Marsh, Kevin John Latouf
  • Publication number: 20190084263
    Abstract: A frame structure includes a C-shaped frame having a front side that opens in a forward and rearward direction among the forward and rearward direction, a leftward and rightward direction and an upward and downward direction, which are perpendicular to each other, an upper action section supported by an upper front portion of the C-shaped frame, and a lower action section supported by a lower front portion of the C-shaped frame, wherein, when a reaction force is applied through the upper action section, the C-shaped frame is deformed such that a displacement of the upper action section in the forward and rearward direction, which occurs according to an elastic deformation of the C-shaped frame, is canceled out and such that a displacement of a pivotal movement about a leftward and rightward direction axis of the upper action section is canceled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Kouhei DOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20190084264
    Abstract: A method is proposed for manufacturing a cup intended for containing a food beverage. The method includes cutting out at least one sheet of coated paperboard to form a side wall and a bottom and joining the sheets thus cut out by heat-sealing to form the cup. The at least one paperboard sheet is coated on at least the interior side of the cup with a biodegradable varnish according to a coating/spreading technique. In this way, the cup is easy to manufacture, and complies with environmental standards in being easy to recycle and compost, even at home. Thus, the biodegradable varnish does not disturb or pollute the operation of the pulper used in the paper industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Thierry Sallot, Claire Schisler
  • Publication number: 20190084265
    Abstract: A die and counter die system for impressing a relief pattern onto a substrate, including a male die film and at least one female die. The female die includes a female-die contact surface including at least one cavity defining the relief pattern. The male die film includes a flexible male-die contact surface which is featureless in a region thereof opposing the relief pattern on the at least one female die. The system further includes a compression mechanism adapted, when the substrate is disposed between the male die contact surface and the female die contact surface, to move the male die film and the at least one female die towards one another so as to impress the relief pattern on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ron Or, Michael KARP, Claudio ROTTMAN
  • Publication number: 20190084266
    Abstract: A corrugated cardboard plant, including at least one corrugated cardboard production device for producing at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side, having a respective corrugated web and a cover web; a connection device, disposed downstream of the at least one corrugated cardboard production device, for connecting the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side and a lamination web to one another, while forming an at least three-ply corrugated cardboard web; at least one cutting device for generating corrugated cardboard sheets from the at least three-ply corrugated cardboard web; and at least one individual code reading device for reading corrugated cardboard sheet individual codes on at least one of the webs of the at least three-ply corrugated cardboard web and/or on at least one of the webs for forming the at least three-ply corrugated cardboard web and/or on the corrugated cardboard sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Gerhard GRÜNWALD, Maximilian MARK
  • Publication number: 20190084267
    Abstract: A corrugated cardboard plant comprises at least one device for producing a respective corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side; a lamination web dispensing device; a lamination web printing device disposed downstream of the lamination web dispensing device; and a device, disposed downstream of the lamination web printing assembly, for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on two sides from the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side and from a lamination web. The at least one device for producing a respective corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side is configured and/or disposed in such a manner that the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side, at least in a manner adjacent upstream of the device for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on both sides, has a respective upwardly directed corrugation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert STÄDELE, Helmut KRAUS, Maximilian MARK
  • Publication number: 20190084268
    Abstract: A sheet 1 of the present invention is a sheet including a first main surface 1a and a second main surface 2a having a plurality of protruding portions 2. The sheet 1 includes a first resin-impregnated fiber sheet 11, a second resin-impregnated fiber sheet 12, and a resin composition layer 13. The first resin-impregnated fiber sheet 11 forms the first main surface 1a. The second resin-impregnated fiber sheet 12 forms the second main surface 1b. The resin composition layer 13 fills space between the first resin-impregnated fiber sheet 11 and the second resin-impregnated fiber sheet 12. The melting viscosity of resin contained in the first and second resin-impregnated fiber sheets 11 and 12 at a temperature of 250° C. and a shear rate of 100 s?1 is lower than the melting viscosity of resin contained in the resin composition layer 13 under the same conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori NAKANO, Masanori NAKAMURA, Setsuo NAKAJIMA, Masakazu KADOYAMA, Yasushi NAKATA
  • Publication number: 20190084269
    Abstract: A fabric with a laminated adhesive-backed protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard C. Allen, Ellen O. Aeling, William J. Bryan, Robert R. Condon, David J. Koch, John C. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20190084270
    Abstract: A textile structure is provided. The textile structure includes an interior layer and an exterior layer. The interior layer includes a body portion, at least one extension portion and a first opening. The first opening is surrounded by the body portion. The at least one extension portion is extended from the body portion toward the first opening, and the first opening is covered by the at least one extension portion. The exterior layer is bonded with the body portion. A first accommodation space exists between the exterior layer and the at least one extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Singular Wings Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Hao Lee
  • Publication number: 20190084271
    Abstract: A method includes forming a plurality of layers of an oxide and a metal on a substrate. For example, the layers may include a metal layer sandwiched between silicon oxide layers. A non-conductive structure such as glass is then bonded to one of the oxide layers. An antenna can then be patterned on the non-conductive structure, and a cavity can be created in the substrate. Another metal layer is deposited on the surface of the cavity, and an iris is patterned in the metal layer to expose the one of the oxide layers. Another metal layer is formed on a second substrate and the two substrates are bonded together to thereby seal the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Adam Joseph Fruehling, Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Benjamin Stassen Cook, Simon Joshua Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20190084272
    Abstract: Architectural glass can be insulated effectively with plastic foam laminates. This invention discloses a way to reduce the adhesion of strong, permanent adhesive compositions so that these adhesive surfaces will be modified to become removable from glass. The deposition of relatively inert particulate matter on at least part of the permanent adhesive composition can yield variable adhesion to glass, a highly desirable property. Since the plastic foam laminates can exceed 90% reduction in heat transfer from glass, and glass is such a desired material of construction, the need for this invention is great including substantial environmental preservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Anthony Shippen
  • Publication number: 20190084273
    Abstract: A semifinished product for production of a vehicle component may include a first steel material and a second steel material. The steel materials may be bonded to one another in a form-fitting, force-fitting and/or cohesive manner. The first steel material may have a lower mass density and the second steel material may have a higher mass density. In particular, a ratio of the lower mass density of the first steel material to the higher mass density of the second steel material is at most 0.95. The lower mass density of the first steel material may be less than 7.5 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: David PIERONEK, Harald HOFMANN
  • Publication number: 20190084274
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chemical conversion coated metal sheet including a metal substrate and a chemical conversion coating film laminated on at least one surface of the metal substrate, in which the chemical conversion coating film contains a water-soluble resin, and a lubricant having carbon-oxygen bonds; a thickness of the chemical conversion coating film is 0.2 to 1?m; and the lubricant includes 1 atom % or more of carbon atoms configuring the carbon-oxygen bonds relative to a total of carbon atoms contained in the lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasuo HIRANO, Takeshi WATASE, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190084275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of preparing a glazing laminate comprising two glazing panes and an inner film in between the glazing panes, wherein the laminate also comprises two polymer interlayers, one on each side of the inner film. The methods of the present disclosure allow the preparation of glazing laminates that have no laminating defects, such as bubbles, wrinkles, or other types of edge delamination. This type of laminates, especially those made with curved paired glazing panes, can be used in automotive windows and windshields, as well as in other architectural applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kuncio, Brian L. Koster
  • Publication number: 20190084276
    Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which both the reflected double images and the transmitted double images can be suppressed in the laminated glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Yuusuke Oota
  • Publication number: 20190084277
    Abstract: Laminated glass includes: a first and a second glass plate facing each other, and an intermediate film disposed between the glass plates and including a plurality of core layers and a plurality of skin layers alternately laminated. The plurality of core layers and the plurality of skin layers contain a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer. The plurality of core layers has a glass transition point of lower than 15° C., and the plurality of skin layers has a glass transition point of 15° C. or higher. The plurality of core layers includes three or more core layers. The plasticizer has a surface density of 0.3 mg/mm2 or more in the intermediate film and within 5-6 mm from an end of the intermediate film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190084278
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a synthetic resin laminate comprising two transparent synthetic resin layers (A), two or more functional layers (B) having photochromic properties interposed between the two synthetic resin layers (A), and a transparent resin layer (C) interposed between the two or more functional layers (B), wherein the functional layer (B) is a cured layer comprising a photochromic dye and obtained from a diisocyanate and a polyol can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., MGC FILSHEET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki MURAI, Kyousuke NAKAMURA, Hideaki KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190084279
    Abstract: A multi-layer foam sheet with an apparent density of 30 to 300 kg/m3 and a thickness of 0.05 to 2 mm, including a foam layer containing a polyethylene-based resin, and an antistatic layer fusion-laminated by coextrusion on each of both sides of the foam layer. The antistatic layer has a basis weight of 1 to 10 g/m2 and contains a polyethylene-based resin, a polystyrene-based resin, a styrenic elastomer, and a polymeric antistatic agent, with the polystyrene-based resin being contained in the antistatic layer in an amount of 15 to 70% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi AOKI, Takashi NISHIMOTO, Mikidai FUJITA, Ryohei TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190084280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a filled film web from a microporous starting film web of thermoplastic polymer material, which comprises at least one low-melting polymer component, one high-melting polymer component and a filler, the process comprising the following steps: heating of the microporous starting film web to a partly molten state in which at least one low-melting polymer component exists in a molten liquid state and at least one high-melting polymer component does not exist in the molten liquid state, and cooling down by passing the partly molten film web through a cooled roller nip. The invention further relates to the film web produced with the process as well as its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Ludwig Börmann